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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's good for your child, according to all of the linguistic research ([b]but not necessarily what you will hear from DCUM and even from teachers[/b]).  That said, it is certainly true that you're going to need more backup at school or home to make this really work.  Xiao-Lei Wang's book on a linguist raising her children in three languages gives some useful insights:
http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Three-Languages-Parents-Teachers/dp/1847691064.  You'll like the fact that the languages are the same ones you've selected.

Benefits: more dispersal of language capability in the brain (and therefore more of the brain is used - protective against Alzheimer's, among other things).  Makes learning other languages later much easier.  And of course it's broadening to realize that not everyone views the world the same way.[/quote]

I've never heard anyone say that childhood exposure and being raised bilingual is bad for a child.  The reactions are to the over the top approach to classes for 3 different languages when it appears that the child is getting only English at home.  That's a hyper type A parent approach to their preschooler that is unlikely to result in long term gains.[/quote]

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